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Joe Turkel

1927 - 2022

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Joseph Turkel (July 15, 1927 – June 27, 2022) was an American character actor who starred in film and television during the Golden Age of Hollywood in the 1950s and 1960s. He is best known for his roles in Stanley Kubrick's films The Killing (1956), Paths of Glory (1957), and The Shining (1980), and as Dr. Eldon Tyrell in Blade Runner (1982). He also had roles in three of Bert I. Gordon's films. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Joe Turkel is the 2,417th most popular actor (down from 1,810th in 2024), the 4,223rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,976th in 2019) and the 1,170th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Joe Turkel ranks 2,417 out of 13,578. Before him are Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Richard Belzer, Simon MacCorkindale, Maureen Stapleton, Joseph Wiseman, and Leopoldo Trieste. After him are Don Wilson, Chad Coleman, Patricia McPherson, William Hartnell, Yves Robert, and Scott Bakula.

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Among people born in 1927, Joe Turkel ranks 184. Before him are Werner Liebrich, John Ashbery, Lyudmila Alexeyeva, Ahmad Jannati, Friedrich Hirzebruch, and Ales Adamovich. After him are Paula Hawkins, Gisèle Halimi, Eugene Parker, Patti Page, Per Oscarsson, and Florencio Campomanes. Among people deceased in 2022, Joe Turkel ranks 191. Before him are Leonid Kuravlyov, Ercole Baldini, Milutin Šoškić, Man of the Hole, John Aniston, and Zofia Posmysz. After him are Rupiah Banda, Herman Van Springel, Fred Brooks, Eugene Parker, Kitten Natividad, and Dominique Lapierre.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joe Turkel ranks 4,223 out of 20,380. Before him are Sly Stone (1943), Bray Wyatt (1987), Milt Jackson (1923), David Chase (1945), James J. Gibson (1904), and Mark Gordon (1957). After him are K. A. Applegate (1956), Bob King (1906), Don Wilson (1954), Frankie Valli (1934), Chad Coleman (1974), and Walter Donaldson (1893).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Joe Turkel ranks 1,170. Before him are Gordon Mitchell (1923), David Huddleston (1930), Muse Watson (1948), Robert David Hall (1947), Richard Belzer (1944), and Maureen Stapleton (1925). After him are Don Wilson (1954), Chad Coleman (1974), Patricia McPherson (1954), Scott Bakula (1954), Sarah Clarke (1972), and Diane Venora (1952).

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